Valkyrae

After a VTuber published allegations against Sykkuno, claiming that he had maintained several simultaneous relationships and manipulated partners, Valkyrae said she was disappointed, had spoken directly with him and had not known certain details of his romantic life. Some community members criticised her for quickly distancing herself from Sykkuno while maintaining friendships with others involved in past controversies.

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Valkyrae apologised to her community after a moderator told her that an expression she repeated on stream might belong to African American Vernacular English and be inappropriate for a non-Black person to use. She explained that she had heard the phrase from friends and had not known its cultural origin.

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As a clip of Hasan Piker with his dog Kaya sparked controversy over the alleged use of a shock collar, Valkyrae said that the footage looked bad but that she knew Kaya as a loved, pampered and well-trained dog. She subsequently compared the scale of the outrage with what she perceived around Gaza, triggering accusations of deflection and an inappropriate comparison.

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Discussing criticism of QTCinderella, Valkyrae said that her tone could naturally come across as angry and that being 'the whitest woman' she knew did not help her public perception. A viral clip prompted allegations of racism towards white people.

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Accounts on X reposted clips from Valkyrae's podcasts with fabricated and sexualised captions, sometimes accompanied by the Stake logo. Some clips distorted, in particular, her account of a non-consensual sexual experience or a women's onsen to attribute behaviour to her that she had not described. She announced that she was arranging a meeting with a lawyer.

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Rachell 'Valkyrae' Hofstetter co-founded and promoted RFLCT, a skincare range claiming to protect skin against the effects of blue light from screens. Several dermatologists interviewed considered the evidence of skin damage caused by screens insufficient and the marketing claims to go well beyond the available data. Valkyrae acknowledged serious communication and due diligence problems and sought to withdraw from the project.

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